Raphael's Technique
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTMT · #237
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.48 € · ★ 0.93 € · 0.59 $ · ★ 0.79 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Sneak (You may cast this spell for if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step.) Each player may discard their hand and draw seven cards.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Daniel Elson
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2026-03-06
Flavour text
"Alright, time out! Who's fighting who again?"
Rulings
A player may choose to discard their hand even if their hand contains zero cards.
Although a creature put onto the battlefield this way is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won't trigger when that creature enters attacking.
If a creature spell's sneak cost was paid, the creature it becomes enters tapped and attacking the same player, planeswalker, or battle as the creature that was returned to its owner's hand to pay its sneak cost. This is a rule specific to sneak; in other cases, when a creature is put onto the battlefield attacking, that creature's controller chooses which player, planeswalker, or battle it's attacking.
Spells can only be cast for their sneak costs any time you could play an instant during the declare blockers step on your turn (after your opponent has decided whether to block).